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Ch.6 | The Ultimatum

I M M A C U L A T E

D E C E I V E R S

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"I fucking called it dude!" She yelled suddenly.

I could literally feel my face becoming pale. My hands started to grow moist as the sweat built up against them. I wanted to drop inside of a hole in the floor right now and shield myself from the agony of having to explain everything to Callie while watching the smirk grow bigger on her face.

"W-What?" I stuttered.

"I mean I didn't want to believe it, because I didn't think you of all people were capable of something like this, but now that I know I was right all along, it all makes sense now. Especially the bathroom incident at the football game... that is what really pushed it over the edge for me. Man... Who would've thought, Naveah... the friend hopper."

Did she really think this badly of me all along? Was our entire friendship just fake to her? Was she secretly being my friend so she could keep tabs for Lucy?

My head was spinning with all the possibilities. Was she proud of me for doing this to Connor? She couldn't be. She does seem strangely calm about the news. I expected screaming, blaming, hatred... the works, but not this.

"I... I don't know what to say. How did you know?" I asked.

"Come on Naveah. The way you guys argue. The way you both act weird whenever anything sexual comes up in the group conversation. The way he sometimes looks at you and Connor like he's disgusted well, actually the correct term is jealous." She smirked.

"I can't believe you're being so cool about this." I exhaled the huge breath I was holding.

"Oh, I don't approve Naveah. Don't think that I'm proud of you or something. What you are doing is really wrong and if you have any sense of guilt you need to stop what you are doing with Mark before Lucy or Connor finds out. I mean, I personally would tell them both if I were you, because keeping something like this a secret is only going to make them hate you harder and longer in the long run."

I should have known a lecture was coming.

"Callie... I can't tell them. They would never forgive me. I can't lose either one of them. I know I sound selfish and horrible, but I just can't." I frowned.

"Well, then you need to stop the relationship between you and Mark once and for all and promise yourself that it will never happen again. This will be one secret you will have to burry and take with you to your grave." She sighed.

"I know... I have wanted to stop it for a while, it's just... Mark makes me feel different from what Connor does. He makes me feel more alive, dangerous even. God I am such a bad person." I plopped down on my bed burying my face into my pillow.

"I'm really disappointed in you Naveah. If I were Lucy and you were doing this with the one guy I'm head over heels for... we'd be finished." She bluntly stated, causing my heart to sink just a little.

"Please, don't. I know it's wrong and I know that I have betrayed Lucy and Connor... I just, can't tell them."

"Naveah... I'm sorry to say this, but if you don't stop what you're doing with Mark, I will tell them both myself."

For some reason, I got angry.

"To be fair, it's not of your business. I just confided in you because you are my friend and I had no one else to talk to about this. I will do what I need to do in my own way. Besides, you promised you wouldn't hate me after finding out. So you can't go back on your promise and telling them both before I'm ready to do something makes it seem like you hate me." I urged, pointing my finger in her direction.